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One would have to think that this team would be right around the .500 mark.

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No thanks. 3 WAR is not "proven star quality". He's a nice regular on a nice deal. Nothing more. I'd rather keep Syndergaard. If I move Syndergaard, it's for somebody with a higher ceiling than Castro.

No thanks. 3 WAR is not "proven star quality". He's a nice regular on a nice deal. Nothing more. I'd rather keep Syndergaard. If I move Syndergaard, it's for somebody with a higher ceiling than Castro.

It is. 800 hits and 3 ASG's - on merit. Higher celing? sure, one they might never reach or even bust, or maybe not even reach Castro's. Also his celiing is determined yet, he's not in his prime.

Mets need to be careful not to over-value pitching prospects vs hitting prospects at this time, the landscape has changed it's not 2005 any more.

There's also development time to consider, in particular with reference competing in 2015 when 1/3rd of payroll and more is committed to 2 aging and declining players, what will these guys give you in 2016 to 2018?

The Cubs won't part with Russel either so I guess you're talking Baez who has tons of the most desirable commodity in the game right now -power.

Also consider from the Cubs perspective and other teams too the frailty of power pitching not to mention the value of a 150 game player over one who plays 35 at most.

The Mets have excellent young arms but as I have said before they've hit on them just as their relative value around the game has fallen off.

Here's another thing they just let Samardzjia go and added another short stop did they need one? not really, but they're plan seems to be to stockpile top young hitting first and worry about the rotation later - there's also talk the Cubs are more interested in finding spots for these guys on their team than moving them. They're trying Alcantara at center as an example of this.

I assume your dream is Russell or Baez for Syndergaard and only those guys, I seriously doubt the Cubs see it that way. I also don't think the Cubs plan to compete next year, therefore they can develop Baez and Russell and Alcantara while moving Castro if anyone..

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